Amritsar police averts imminent gangwar with attest of kingpin Sukha Pistol & his accomplices : DGP
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh/Amritsar, July 8-
Amritsar Commissionerate Police has busted an interstate organised crime syndicate with the arrest of its kingpin and four members from a flat located in Kharar, said DGP Gaurav Yadav here on Monday.
The kingpin of the syndicate has been identified as Jai Sharma alias Sukha Pistol Ambarsarya, a resident of Prem Nagar in Amritsar, while, four members have been identified as Nikhil Sharma alias Lala of Sandhu Colony in Amritsar, Moni of Kot Khalsa in Amritsar, Arpit Thakur and Karan Sharma, both residents of Sri Naina Devi in district Bilaspur of Himachal Pradesh. Accused Sukha Pistol has a criminal history with seven cases pertaining to Arms Act, Snatching and Theft registered against him.Police teams have also recovered two .32 bore pistols along with three magazines and eight live cartridges from their possession.
DGP said that following reliable inputs that accused Sukha Pistol along with his accomplices had gone to Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh to procure illicit weapons, teams from Police Station Civil Line Amritsar started keeping vigil on their movements. On their return from Madhya Pradesh, Police teams have pinpointed their location in Kharar, he added. He said that preliminary investigations have revealed that the accused persons were planning to attack members of rival gang.